Community volunteers cook Shabbat dinner for 40 plus students
By Michal Strutin

Eleanor Dickman to receive Janet Berg Award
By Cecily Ruttenberg

Kindergarteners collect shoes for tzedakah project

Kindergarten students at South Peninsula Hebrew Day School have been immersed in studying about recycling. They created art projects from recycled materials and worked on a collaborative mural that illustrated the different ways one can recycle in our homes and schools. More

Wines for Occasions Special and Not-So-Special

By Ernie Weir, Hagafen Cellars

We are often asked about choosing wines for special occasions. People want to know the secret for finding the right wine for their unique event. The answer is simple. Picking wines has nothing to do with a holiday or event. Simply collect wine that you like and enjoy, and use it for all your special occasions! More

Shir Hadash Early Childhood Center prepares for Fall opening

Months of dusty classrooms, construction racket, and working from trailers are drawing to a close as Congregation Shir Hadash prepares for the completion of its renovation. The renovated facility will include expanded library, worship, and social gathering spaces in the sanctuary building, as well as new offices, classrooms, and a multipurpose room in the school building. Best of all, the campus will be ready for a brand-new preschool. More

Local farm to provide organic produce boxes weekly at APJCC
By Cecily Ruttenberg

‘Ecopreneurs’ see green in Green
By Starre Vartan (JTA)

Chai House seniors thrive on Torah study
By Cecily Ruttenberg

During his eight months as a resident of the Jewish senior living home Chai House, Stanley Lerner, 80, has not participated in many of the organized activities. “I just read the newspaper,” he said. There are however, two exceptions. Lerner can almost always be found at APJCC Rabbi Joshua Fenton’s Tuesday afternoon Torah study and at the Friday night Shabbat candle lighting. More

Rabbi Shelly Lewis speaks at NAACP Founders' Day Service

Many people who have dedicated their lives to social justice causes describe a transformative moment that feels like a freeze frame shot that their subsequent work always references.  Rabbi Shelly Lewis described such a transformative moment in his life when he spoke at the Founders' Day Service of the Silicon Valley NAACP, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the NAACP. More

Rabbi Marvin Hier to speak at SVJFF Film Premiere

The Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival–which is beginning its eighteenth–Chai–Year, in cooperation with the award-winning film division of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, is bringing the special Northern California premiere of Against the Tide, to the Silicon Valley. The film was directed by Oscar-winning director Richard Trank who also directed I Have Never Forgotten You, which played at the 2008 Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival. More